Heterogeneity of Entamoeba histolytica rac genes encoding p21(rac) homologues

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-208

  Lohia, Anuradha ^a   Samuelson, John ^b  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebic dysentery; GTP binding proteins; Phagocytosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Protozoan parasite; rac family proteins

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030590349     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00232-6     Document Type: Article

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